Just wondering what your parents buy you for for xmas?

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Lots of threads on here about what we are all getting our dc for xmas, what is the 'right' amount to spend etc. I was just wondering how much your parents spend on you for xmas and what type of gift(s) you all get?

As a child both my parents were very generous with xmas gifts (they are divorced so x2 lots of pressies for me). I think it was because my dm was so festive she loved it. even though as a single mum things were tight, she saved hard all year for our xmas presents. My dad was a typical disney dad and just spent loads out of guilt probably.

Since I have grown up (40) there gifts have seemed somewhat frugal - don't get me wrong, i don't really need or want anything, it just got me thinking. My df will usually now just buy me a bottle of something (nice wine, gin, vodka) although, he just brings it to xmas eve tea, so i'm not sure if its just a hospitable thing as a guest. My dm will usually buy me some kind of tat that probably costs less then £20.

I should add that both of them are comfortably off money wise, and i really don't mind. I just wondered if this was the norm as we get older! :)

Pyjamas,dressing gown,slippers,winter jumpers,skincare and sometimes something sentimental from my 4 year old daughter like a mummy mug,key ring etc

My parents haven't bought any of us Christmas presents for years and years. They get very grumpy if they don't get thoughtful presents from their kids though. They send their grandchildren £5 for the under 10s, £10 for the 11-20 yo, and £15 to the over 21s - about £200 all in.

They are very well off..

Me & my brothers & sisters (5 of us) get about £250 in cash & a little stocking with pj's, bath bits, diary & chocolates, slippers & bits & bobs.

But like another poster has said, we also spend quite a bit on them & our parents do it to help us out I think & to replenish our money after buying xmas stuff for our little ones.

My mum hates the thought of any of us struggling & is always making sure we're ok. Even though we all work full time & have partners etc. She just worry's.

My mum used to get me a few bath bombs from lush.
My dad varies between getting me something nice I've suggested up to the value of £20 or a couple of used hand towels.
Mil spends around £20 on something thoughtful.
Fill gets me a few bath sets from boots and up to £50 in a card.

My parents still get me a bag full of presents and I'm 35! I've suggested they tone it down but my mum loves buying gifts. I always get a book, a dvd, a chocolate orange, some toiletries, something like slippers or pj's, and a few other random bits so they don't spend huge amounts of money but it's all completely unnecessary! They do the same for my dh (who is always bemused as his parents usually just buy him a gift voucher) and my dc which means that I barely buy my dc anything as they will have a ridiculous amount of presents to open otherwise.

Once my parents divorced (age 11) Christmas became very small in comparison to what it had been, with a lot less thought too which upset me more than the reduction in presents. As an adult, I get a £10 voucher from my DF and DM tends to get us a family ticket to a show, which she goes half on with my DB.

Inlaws spend about £1 on me and my parents £20 ish im not bothered aslong as they buy for dc's

Probably around £100 at a guess. A couple will be something I have asked for, always get slippers, some smellies and then a couple of random bits which are usually hideous but I can see the thought process in them e.g ne year I was talking about wanting a new dining room table so she got me some lap trays to eat our dinner off!

My mum gets us different stuff each year, usually spends about £40-50 on each child and about £30-40 on me, and the same on DH. DH will often get a jumper, I usually get a scarf sometimes I even like them and something else.

Since FIL died, MIL has made no effort at all and just put money in DHs and the DCs bank accounts. I do feel just giving money is missing the point.

I have six grown up DC. There are nine with 2 DIL and 1 SIL. My limit for an adult is £50. I will spend a bit more on the youngest two because they will be here on Christmas Day. It will only be another £10, but something extra to open.

We have five GC now and another one is due next spring so our Christmas spending is increasing again. In the future we will probably spend more on the children and less on the parents. Will still spend a bit more on couples who don't have DC.

We no longer buy for nieces and nephews (all adults) but we still buy small gifts for our own sisters and brothers.

As I've gotten older I don't want my parents having to spend a lot of money or stress about buying me gifts.
However my mum every year will have some lovely practical gifts for me like the make up I use or the moisturiser/perfume I like. Usually a few books, pyjamas, sometimes some nice house things (one year a lovely duvet set) this gifts are all things I like but maybe wouldn't have spent the money on for myself so they are greatly appreciated.
My MIL usually buys DH clothes/gadgets/game/books etc. And usually will buy me pyjamas, earrings or a nice candle etc.

Dad and step mum - usually £100 and a bottle of something.

Mum and step dad - nothing.

£2-300 from my parents. They spend around £50-70 on DH.
PIL spent about £150 on DH and £70 ish on me.

Neither said has any grandchildren so expect that when they do, much less will be spent on us.

DP are divorced. DF will do a big joint gift for DH and I. He spoils my DC too. DM goes mad and says I'm still her baby so will do a stocking a lots of gifts for me (and still spoil DC too). Usually PJs, socks, underwear, bath stuff, clothing, make up etc. She also includes selection boxes and all the kiddy sweets that I've had since I was 5 . She saves all year for Christmas and pleas for her to stop spending so much falls on deaf ears.

Nothing. None of us need or want anything so we don't bother. (Haven't for at least 15 years.)

My mum and step dad usually get me some small bits and bobs. Wool, candles, tea towels, socks etc. My dad and step mum get perfume and bits they have picked up from holidays in craft fairs etc (always nice stuff. My inlaws without fail will get me a benefit makeup set and a soap and glory set because that's what my husband told them I liked 10 years ago!

My parents give dh and I £500. They also give us a case of wine and some spirits.

In laws buy things they know we like or want - I usually get lots of Clarins goodies and DH might get biking stuff. MiL will also surprise us with something random (she has a shopping channel habit). Last year she bought all her children a NutriBullet (still in its box in this house).

Wow... nothing since I was about 14. My in laws now include me, since last year, which is nice after a decade of marriage to their son.

I didn't realise any parents did that kind of spending on adult children! I better start saving for DC!

This is so interesting. My parents give us a cheque of varying amounts (because they forget what they gave last year) but about £100 each.

My DHs husband send a family cheque however as it is much much much less than 1 person gets from my DPs we have always just split it between the 2 children and not the adults.

They are all pretty well off.

Nothing this year. My DM died in February She used to make beautiful things. Last year she crocheted a snowman wreath which inadvertently proclaimed 'Le tits now' into she sewed some sparkly buttons after the Ts! She made my DB and SIL a patchwork eiderdown. She knitted toys for my DC including a very smart fox and a flamingo ballerina and also made them a door hanging puppet theatre. She built DS a wheelbarrow one year and made DD a cot for the baby doll I had as a child.

Other things - homemade damson gon decorated with stained glass damsons (also handmade); stained glass lamps; a shawl knitted with highland arran. Such a talented person and I'll miss this year's gift so much.

Gin, not gon!

My mum still does my stocking. Even if we aren't spending Christmas together she will post it over. Plus pjs and normally perfume or smellies.